Rail joint



June 5, 1923. 1,457,746

A. POWELL ET AL RAIL JOINT Filed April 13. 1922 7 .t g. E.

Patented June 5, .1923.

current stares PATE ARTHUR POWELL AND B NEAL, or McALESTER, OKLAHO A; f

Application filed April 13, 1922. serialno. 552,123."

. To'aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR POWELL and C B NEAL, citizens of the United States, residing at McAlester, in the county of Pittsburg and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improve-v mentsin Rail J oints; and we do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usev the same.

This invention relates to new anduseful improvements in rail joints or couplings and has for its primary object the provision of means whereby the ends of rails may be easily and quickly. and positively locked together and within a chair without the use of bolts or similar fastenings, and also -wherebythe rails may be set for any de sired expansion or contraction.

Another object of this invention is the provision of inclined seats in the chair to receive rollers adapted to wedge against the rails to firmly secure them to the chair and any tendency of the rails to separate causing an increased securing action of the rollers to the rails, owing to the inclination of the seats, consequently obviating any chance of separation of the rails or their disconnection from the chair.

. A further object of this invention is the provision of a rail joint of the abovestated character which will be simple, durable and efiicicnt, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view, as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more. fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of our 1nvention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, illustrating a rail joint constructed in accordance with our invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, illustrating the same,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view, illustrating the device.

Referring in detail. to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a chair adapted to receive the opposing ends of rails 2 and 3 andcomprises a base 4 on which the rails rest and is provided with spike receivingv notches. 5. in its edges'to receivethe ordi- Formed on the "base nary securing spikes. 4 are the side plates 6 that extend upwardly andinwardly to enga e thewebs andtreads of the rails to prevent ing laterally upon the base. The base is provided with a cut out portion 7 between.

its ends to provide a roller chamber 9. The bottom wall of the chamberincline's up. wardlv towards its ends 8 for the purpose v tome N the latter from shift- I of forming upwardly inclined seats 10 that incline upwardly towards the ends of the ass direetions to each other.- of said seats terminate in 'The lower ends sockets or recesses or inother words, -incline inopposite" 11 adapted to receive rollers 12. The rollers,

while resting inthe recesses or sockets, per

mit the railsto be laced in and removed from-the chairs,it be1ng understood that the ralls are inserted into the chairs by way of the ends of the latter.

I v .The side plates are provided with inclined slots 1 13 to give ing the rollers against'travel along inclined in the recesses or sockets 11 by a suitable access tothe rollers'for the purpose of holdseats 10 when it is desired to remove or 1 As the rails are mo'vedaway f e tightly against the bases of lthe rails j rmly secure them within the f chair" instrument or tool inserted intothe sl0ts 13 so that they will not travel along seats 12.

The side platesint'ermediate theirends are provided with alining slots 14 which permit in and removed fromthe rollers to be placed the roller chamber whendesired in the .abi sence of the rails.

If desired balls may be used in lieu of the rollers by and which obviates V changing the shape of the i I seats to fit balls, and any number of rollers the necessity of providing or using bolts p or similar fasten-ings to pass through the webs of the rails andalso through tie plates or chairs, and the device is capable of use in any character of railroad track.

While We havshovvn and described the preferred embodiment of our invention, it Will be understood that minor changes in construction, combinationvand arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromtthe spirit and-scope of the invention as Clfi l IIlHd. 7

Having thus-described'our invention, we'claim is V l. A rail joint comprising achair adapted to slidably receive rails in an endwise direction-inclined seats at intersecting angles on said chair, and wedging means movable along-said seats and constituting a support for the rails sothat during their movement away froin each other said wedgi-ng means will wedge against said rails and chair to firmly lock the rails aga'nst separation.

what

2.- A rail jointcomprising a chair having a roller chamber and adapted to receive the opposing-ends of rails, oppositely inclined seats; formed in vsaid chamber, said chair having slots and recesses communicating with said seats, and rollers located in said recesses and engaging said seats and constituting supports for the rails and adapted to wedge against the inclinedseats and the bottom of the rails through longitudinal displacing movement of the latter, said slots permitting an instrument to enter the cham her for the purpose of positioning the rollers against movement on said seat during movement of the rails and to free the rails from the chair. a

3. A rail joint comprising a base, side plates formed on said base having oppositely inclined slots, inclined seats formed on the base between said plates and adjacent the slots, rollers engaging said seats and the rails, said plates intermediate their ends having slots to permit the rollers to be;

placed in and removed from the seats when the rails are out of place.

In testimony whereof we .afli-X our signa tures in presence of two witnesses. H

ARTHUR POWELL,- C B Witnesses:

J. M. HrsHMAw, J. H. BRooKnIs. 

